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• Saturday, 10am-1pm, get some fresh air, hang out with neighbours, and help us rid Bowser Trail of invasive species.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  28-09-2017 23:55 via twitter.com
  Saturday, 10am-1pm, get some fresh air, hang out with neighbours, and help us rid Bowser Trail of invasive species.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• LIVE on #Periscope pscp.tv/w/bJwQtTF6WUti…

  28-09-2017 23:33 via twitter.com
  LIVE on #Periscope pscp.tv/w/bJwQtTF6WUti…
  
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• Thursday = Latest edition of #CityView eNews is ready for u. All the latest City news & events right here:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  28-09-2017 23:30 via twitter.com
  Thursday = Latest edition of #CityView eNews is ready for u. All the latest City news & events right here:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Police seeking tips in double homicide in Vancouver's Marpole

  28-09-2017 22:33 via vancouversun.com
  Police are seeking information after a man and a woman were found dead in a Marpole home on Wednesday afternoon in an apparent double homicide.
  Around 1:30 p.m., officers visited a home on West 64th Avenue near Hudson Street after receiving a request to check on the well-being of the residents. Inside, a man and a woman, both in their 60s, were found dead.
  The B.C. Coroners Service is now working to confirm the identity of the victims and will reach out to the next of kin.
  “It’s stil
  
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• Strategic Energy management part of good hospitality

  28-09-2017 22:16 via vancouversun.com
  BC Hydro works with some of B.C.’s largest organizations to strategically manage plans around energy efficiency. The important work being done by some of this province’s leaders in energy management is being featured in this space. This month, the discussion highlights how the hospitality industry can benefit from energy efficiency.
  With the vast natural splendour of a world-class ski resort surrounding them, it’s no wonder employees of Whistler Blackcomb hold the environment i
  
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• Mayor @DarrellMussatto joined Holy Trinity students for safety blitz. Reminding drivers to #slowdown +… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  28-09-2017 22:15 via twitter.com
  Mayor @DarrellMussatto joined Holy Trinity students for safety blitz. Reminding drivers to #slowdown +… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Hunter knew grizzly was wearing tracking collar before making legal kill in B.C.

  28-09-2017 22:03 via vancouversun.com
  EDMONTON — The hunter that killed a notorious female grizzly bear in B.C. after the bear wandered into the province from Alberta knew the animal was wearing a research tracking collar but shot it anyway.
  The Alberta government had moved the grizzly, known as Bear 148, in July from its home range in a popular developed area west of Calgary to a remote park north of Jasper to protect public safety.
  The grizzly, which is a threatened species in Alberta, hadn’t hurt anyone but had gotten
  
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• ART SEEN: Top painting theorist talks at Emily Carr University*

  28-09-2017 21:55 via vancouversun.com
  One of the leading international theorists on painting is coming to Vancouver as part of a two-day symposium on painting.
  Isabelle Graw is speaking Thursday, Sept. 28 at the new Emily Carr University of Art + Design on Great Northern Way.  The Value of Painting starts at 7 pm in the 380-seat Reliance Theatre. There is no charge to attend. Tickets are available here.
  In a talk at the Jewish Museum in New York in 2015, she said sometime in the the late ‘90s and early years of the 21st c
  
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• Nominations for civic recognition close next week. Know someone making a difference? Nominate them for an award!… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  28-09-2017 21:49 via twitter.com
  Nominations for civic recognition close next week. Know someone making a difference? Nominate them for an award!… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• City of Victoria has paid out $2.475M in severance to top managers since 2013

  28-09-2017 21:31 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — The City of Victoria paid $2.475 million in severance to 26 senior managers between 2013 and 2016, which has raised the ire of a local taxpayers’ association.
  “This is a big number,” said Stan Bartlett, chairman of Grumpy Taxpayer$ of Greater Victoria.
  “I would suggest the council might want to look at their severance package policy with the view of making it a bit less generous and a little more in line with what the average taxpayer makes.”
  The ca
  
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• Nanaimo mulls solution to damage caused by huge flocks of Canada geese

  28-09-2017 21:20 via vancouversun.com
  NANAIMO — Huge flocks of Canada geese can be unwanted pests in any location, but several Vancouver Island cities say the geese have moved past messy and aggressive and are harming the environment.
  Nanaimo environmental protection officer Kevin Brydges says Canada geese were brought to the island for hunting in the 1970s and 1980s and have adapted so well that they no longer migrate in winter.
  Researchers at Vancouver Island University say as many as 1,800 birds overwinter in Nanaimo, leavi
  
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• Expert on money laundering appointed to review practices in B.C. casinos

  28-09-2017 21:16 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — An independent expert has been appointed by the B.C. government to conduct a review of the province’s policies and practices to prevent money laundering in the gambling industry.
  Attorney General David Eby says the review will focus on gaming in the Lower Mainland to ensure casinos are following policies already in effect.
  Eby says concerns about money laundering have been growing for years and the review is aimed at dealing with them.
  Peter German, a former deputy commiss
  
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• Another award for us @UBCM. @bc_cea presented Mayor @DarrellMussatto w/ Climate & Energy Action Award.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  28-09-2017 21:01 via twitter.com
  Another award for us @UBCM. @bc_cea presented Mayor @DarrellMussatto w/ Climate & Energy Action Award.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Missed #SemischPark Open House? You can still provide input. Review open house boards & give feedback:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  28-09-2017 20:05 via twitter.com
  Missed #SemischPark Open House? You can still provide input. Review open house boards & give feedback:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Kelowna $6.5M luxury mansion to be auctioned off with no minimum bid

  28-09-2017 19:13 via vancouversun.com
  A $6.5-million luxury mansion in southeast Kelowna is up for auction and guess what? There’s no minimum bid.
  The 14-acre estate located 15 minutes from the city and within view of Okanagan Lake features a 9,000-square-foot main home and just over 1,000-square-foot guest quarters, comprising five bedrooms, five full bathrooms and one half bath.
  The home features 10,000-square-foot of interior space, a gated and private driveway and three-car garage.
  The property has a private gated entry an
  
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• Surrey teens arrested in connection with Langley home invasion

  28-09-2017 18:43 via vancouversun.com
  The RCMP has arrested two Surrey teens in connection with an early morning home invasion in South Langley.
  Langley RCMP received a report at 1:30 a.m. that a group of unknown men had broken into a residence and made off with items from inside the home as well as the family vehicle.
  Officers responding to the call spotted the stolen vehicle fleeing the scene. The RCMP helicopter, Air One, followed the vehicle into Surrey where it came to a stop at the intersection of 168 Street and 92nd Aven
  
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• #ArtistTalk 12:15pm today! Join @LarissaBlokhuis as she talks about the inspiration behind her installation in the… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  28-09-2017 18:01 via twitter.com
  #ArtistTalk 12:15pm today! Join @LarissaBlokhuis as she talks about the inspiration behind her installation in the… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• One rock climber dies, another injured on Crown Mountain on ... - Straight.com

  28-09-2017 17:48 via straight.com
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  One rock climber dies, another injured on Crown Mountain on ...
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  Crown Mountain's summit has been referred to as the "Pyramid", and according to hiking writer Stephen Hui, reaching the top "requires negotiating steep trails ...and more »
  
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• Spindrift tells the story of Canadians at sea

  28-09-2017 17:40 via vancouversun.com
   
  Spindrift: A Canadian Book of the Sea 
  By Michael L. Hadley and Anita Hadley
  Douglas & McIntyre |  $36.95Spindrift is an anthology of 170 pieces of writing from over 130 of Canada’s significant literary voices with a few foreign writers, such as Malcolm Lowry and E. Annie Proulx, among them. The Canadian writers include Farley Mowat, Wayne Johnston, Neil Bissoondath, Yann Martel, Rudy Wiebe, Peter Pitseolak, Michael Crummy, Gabrielle Roy, and Alice Munro.
  Editors Micha
  
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• Daily Poll: What do you think of the NDP's partisan hiring practices?

  28-09-2017 16:43 via vancouversun.com
  B.C. Greens Leader Andrew Weaver criticized B.C. NDP Premier John Horgan this week, calling Horgan’s hiring of partisan friends and insiders “sickening.”
  In an interview with Postmedia, Weaver said it was hypocritical that the NDP government would hire party supporters and loyalists into taxpayer-funded jobs, something Horgan had criticized former Liberal premier Christy Clark for doing while she was in government.
  Solicitor-General Mike Farnworth responded by pointing out it&r
  
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• Former B.C. Playboy model Pamela Anderson pays tribute to Hugh Hefner

  28-09-2017 16:32 via vancouversun.com
  Canadian Playboy models Pamela Anderson and Shannon Tweed are paying tribute to the magazine’s founder Hugh Hefner today.
  The legendary media mogul died Wednesday night at the age of 91.
  In a black-and-white Instagram video, Anderson wipes her eyes and tearfully says goodbye. Her makeup is smudged around her eyes and she appears to have been crying.
  In a long accompanying caption, she calls Hefner the most important person in her life outside of her family.
  Tweed posted a photo on Instagra
  
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• The Handmaid's Tale: Ane Crabtree talks fangirl-ing, fabrics and finding colour

  28-09-2017 15:30 via vancouversun.com
  VIFF Creator Talk with Ane Crabtree
  Oct. 2; 6:30 p.m. | Vancity Theatre (1181 Seymour St.)
  Tickets and info: $25; viff.org
  You’d be forgiven for assuming a longtime Hollywood costume designer would be “over” the idea of an encounter with a celebrity, director, or the like ending in an epic fangirl episode. 
  But Ane Crabtree isn’t immune to the idea — at least not privately. 
  So, who are the stars that cause Crabtree, whose past projects have incl
  
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• Internet trends in Canada

  28-09-2017 15:17 via vancouversun.com
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• Vancouver outstrips rest of Canadian cities for highest percentage of low-income households

  28-09-2017 06:00 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver and its surrounding region of shiny condo towers and affluent, resort-like amenities also has some of the highest levels of poverty and inequality in the country.
  Vancouver outstripped the 10 most-populous “census metropolitan areas” in Canada for having the highest percentage (16.5) of residents living in low-incomes households, according to analysis by Andy Yan, director of Simon Fraser University’s City Program.
  Yan looked at 2016 census information and compar
  
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• ART SEEN: Top painting theorist talks Thursday at Emily Carr University

  28-09-2017 04:58 via vancouversun.com
  One of the leading international theorists on painting is coming to Vancouver as part of a two-day symposium on painting.
  Isabelle Graw is speaking Thursday, Sept. 28 at the new Emily Carr University of Art + Design on Great Northern Way.  The Value of Painting starts at 7 pm in the 380-seat Reliance Theatre. There is no charge to attend. Tickets are available here.
  In a talk at the Jewish Museum in New York in 2015, she said sometime in the the late ‘90s and early years of the 21st c
  
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• Value of farm-raised salmon climbing fast, industry report says

  28-09-2017 04:30 via vancouversun.com
  The value of B.C. farmed fish rose 37 per cent between 2103 and 2016, according to a report commissioned by the B.C. Salmon Farmers Association.
  Under pressure from activists and First Nations who question the industry’s impact on the environment and wild salmon, salmon farmers have increased production by only 12 per cent since 2010.
  The biggest gains have been made in the market value of B.C. Atlantic salmon, said association executive-director Jeremy Dunn.
  “Demand in Canada and th
  
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• Vancouver police investigate 'suspicious' deaths in Marpole

  28-09-2017 04:24 via vancouversun.com
  Two people were found dead in a Vancouver house Wednesday, and the police are treating their deaths as “suspicious.”
  Neighbours in the Marpole area said they had heard reports that the victims were killed with a hatchet, which was left on the front lawn and trailed blood into the house but police did not confirm any details.
  “Detectives from (the Vancouver Police Department’s) Homicide Unit have been called to the scene to take over the investigation,” said a brief
  
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• Commercial Drive kids take up fight for crosswalk safety

  28-09-2017 04:17 via vancouversun.com
  Sue Groesbeck, principal of Stratford Hall independent school on Commercial Drive, has one word for the traffic situation she says is putting over 500 students in danger: “Horrifying.”
  The death Tuesday of a pedestrian who was struck in the crosswalk at 12th Avenue and Commercial Drive on Sept. 17 — a crosswalk many of her students use daily — was especially upsetting, said Groesbeck, who has lobbied for years for traffic-safety improvements in the area.  
  
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• Vancouver police investigate two 'suspicious' deaths in Marpole

  28-09-2017 04:13 via vancouversun.com
  Two people were found dead in a Vancouver house Wednesday, and the police are treating their deaths as “suspicious.”
  Neighbours in the Marpole area said they had heard reports that the victims were killed with a hatchet, which was left on the front lawn and trailed blood into the house but police did not confirm any details.
  “Detectives from (the Vancouver Police Department’s) Homicide Unit have been called to the scene to take over the investigation,” said a brief
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Public unfairly kept in dark on Site C's 'gory' details

  28-09-2017 04:07 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — The B.C. Utilities Commission moved quickly Wednesday to block public access to the uncensored version of an independent review it commissioned into Site C.
  At 8 a.m., the communications director for the commission, Erica Hamilton, called Robert McCullough, the Portland, Ore.-based energy expert who’d posted an unredacted copy of the report by Deloitte LLP on his website.
  She asked him to take down the offending version of the report and he obliged.
  With that, the pub
  
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• Climber falls to his death on North Shore mountain

  28-09-2017 03:59 via vancouversun.com
  An attempt to climb the well-known “Widowmaker” route on Crown Mountain, a prominent North Shore peak, has ended in disaster.
  Wednesday afternoon, North Shore Rescue received calls from the RCMP and Grouse Mountain about a scream that was heard from the area of the Hanes Valley, north of Grouse.
  North Shore Rescue’s Mike Danks said initially there was concern people had been injured in a rock slide, but after a reconnaissance flight, it was determined there were two climbers in
  
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• Expo Line issues disrupt Wednesday afternoon commute

  28-09-2017 03:58 via vancouversun.com
  A problem with the tracks on the Expo Line caused headaches for commuters on Wednesday afternoon.
  It meant that trains leaving downtown couldn’t get past Stadium-Chinatown station, while trains headed in to downtown weren’t able to go past Commercial-Broadway.
  TransLink was able to run a train shuttle service via Main Street-Science World between those two stations, but there were massive delays for a couple of hours.
  At one point access to Stadium-Chinatown was closed because of ove
  
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• B.C. NDP partisan hiring spree 'sickening': Greens

  28-09-2017 03:53 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — The B.C. NDP government’s hiring spree of partisan friends and insiders is “sickening” and the kind of hypocrisy that turns the public off politics, says Green Leader Andrew Weaver.
  Weaver, whose friendly power-sharing deal gives the NDP the votes to stay in power, levelled scathing criticism Wednesday at Premier John Horgan’s administration for giving dozens of taxpayer-paid jobs to party workers and loyal supporters when Horgan used to strongly condemn
  
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• Bacon trial: Emails show accused shooter in Kelowna night before murder, Crown claims

  28-09-2017 03:37 via vancouversun.com
  Uncovered email messages from an encrypted BlackBerry show one of the accused in the murder trial of Jonathan Bacon went to Kelowna the night before the fatal shooting because three of the victims were there, a Crown lawyer alleged in a Kelowna court Wednesday.
  Janet Johnston, a criminal intelligence analyst with the RCMP presented thousands of email messages to the court sent between [email protected], alleged to be Amir Eghtesad, and [email protected], alleged to be Jason McBride, for the secon
  
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• Climber falls to his death on North Shore mountain - Vancouver Sun

  28-09-2017 03:28 via vancouversun.com
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  Climber falls to his death on North Shore mountain
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  An attempt to climb the well-known "Widowmaker" route on Crown Mountain, a prominent North Shore peak, has ended in disaster. Patrick Johnston More from Patrick Johnston. Published on: September 27, 2017 | Last Updated: September 27, 2017 7:30 PM ...
  Climber dies falling from North Shore mountain, second man injuredMetroNews Canadaall 10 news articles »
  
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• Sister of Alberta Williams, murdered in 1989, hopes for justice from inquiry

  28-09-2017 03:20 via vancouversun.com
  SMITHERS, B.C. — The older sister of Alberta Williams, whose body was found in 1989 east of Prince Rupert, hopes a national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women will help find the killer.
  Claudia Williams and Gary Kerr, a retired RCMP officer who investigated the case, delivered powerful testimony together on Wednesday at the inquiry in Smithers.
  The two haven’t seen each other in 28 years. Sitting on a bench outside the hearing, the pair described their emotional reuni
  
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• Court tells Ottawa to reconsider pipeline approval on B.C. reserve

  28-09-2017 02:28 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — The Federal Court of Appeal has set aside a government decision approving the expansion of Kinder Morgan’s oil pipeline through the Coldwater Indian Band reserve south of Merritt.
  In a split decision, the three-judge panel ruled the federal minister of aboriginal and northern affairs failed to assess the impacts of a pipeline easement on the Coldwater band. The ruling says the minister had a continuing duty to protect the band’s interests on its reserve from an expl
  
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• North Vancouver and Sunshine Coast moms to compete in world breastfeeding challenge - Straight.com

  28-09-2017 02:24 via straight.com
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  North Vancouver and Sunshine Coast moms to compete in world breastfeeding challenge
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  According to Vancouver Coastal Health, breastfeeding helps children reach their full learning potential. VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH. Mothers across North America are getting ready for a fun challenge on Saturday (September 30). They'll be competing ...
  
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• Rescued birds: Many found amazing homes, many still looking

  28-09-2017 02:23 via vancouversun.com
  Aviary little thing they do is magic at the Greyhaven Exotic Bird Sanctuary.
  Inside the nondescript building on East 8th Avenue in Vancouver is a collection of birds rescued from the World Parrot Refuge in Coombs on Vancouver Island 16 months ago.
  Of the 586 rescued birds, about 170 are still looking for homes.
  This macaw is sick and has lost feathers, but is getting care at the Exotic Bird Sanctuary in Vancouver.
  “It’s a sad story, but it’s a happy story because they’ve
  
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• Wednesday afternoon rush hour facing SkyTrian hurdle

  28-09-2017 02:10 via vancouversun.com
  Commuters expecting to use the Expo Line out of downtown Wednesday afternoon should expect delays, TransLink says.
  According to a media release, “a track issue has caused a delay.”
  They say to expect delays while repairs are being made.
  Access to Stadium-Chinatown has now been closed due to overcrowding; commuters are being directed to use the shuttle bus service. Further, the entrance to the Granville station at The Bay has also been closed.
  Shuttle trains are currently running betw
  
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• Letters: Getting big money out of politics worth the cost

  28-09-2017 02:00 via vancouversun.com
  Re: Taxpayer funding of political parties norm in democracy, Douglas Todd column, Sept. 23.
  Finally, a voice of reason in the raucous debate about public financing of political parties. Todd provides us with a researched and reasoned opinion. Of the 35 democracies holding membership in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), he notes that only the Government of Canada doesn’t practise a system of public and private funding.
  B.C.’s Official Opposition seems
  
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• #GreenNecklace Lonsdale-Grand OPEN HOUSE UNDERWAY. Come review preliminary design plans & give feedback.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  28-09-2017 02:00 via twitter.com
  #GreenNecklace Lonsdale-Grand OPEN HOUSE UNDERWAY. Come review preliminary design plans & give feedback.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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